The Bahamas. Revisited. Re-examined. Re-explained
By the year 1888, almost a whole generation had come and gone since emancipation, and the shameful apprenticeship system, which fell apart under the weight of rebellious negro labourers. The Continue Reading
Back in the days when the Bahamian hotel season last only for the few winter months of the year (December 15 to March 15), sponging was more important to the Continue Reading
Well, that settles that. That, of course, being the long standing debate over what, and what was not indigenous to the Bahamas when Columbus stumbled upon its shores. Did the Continue Reading
Self-sustaining food and livestock production has always been a difficult objective for the Bahamas. Throughout its modern history, one agricultural project after the other, began with great applause, but in Continue Reading
There were several half-hearted, well meaning attempts to colonise the Bahamas after the genocide of the native Lucayans. Pirates and privateers and the curious sailed by, dropped anchor, starved for Continue Reading
